Ngezinyanga ezintathu noma ezine kuphela zemvula ngonyaka, uColima wakwazi ukuhlangabezana nezimo ezidingekayo zokuphila komuntu ngenxa yemifudlana eminingi evela ezingxenyeni eziphakeme zeVolcán de Fuego. Ubufakazi bukhombisa ukuthi umuntu wazinza kulesi sigodi cishe ngonyaka we-1 500 BC.
Isiko elaziwa ngokuthi yiComplejo Capacha kwakuyimiphakathi yezolimo neyokuhlala phansi eyaveza isiko elidumile lamathuna ashaft: amakamelo emakhazeni lapho kwakufakwa khona iminikelo ecebile futhi afinyelelwa ngomugqa oqonde nxazonke kusuka ku-1.20 kuye ku-1.40 m ububanzi. Esikhungweni sokuzilibazisa iTampumachay, edolobheni laseLos Ortices, kunamathuna amathathu anomgodi wokuqala kanye nama-vaults, nangaphakathi kochungechunge lwemikhumbi yamatshe namathuluzi anikezwa abafileyo.
Ngenkathi inkolo inesisindo esikhulu enhlanganweni yezenhlalo, kusukela ngo-600 AD, kwaqala ukwakhiwa izindawo zemikhosi kusuka ezigcawini, amagceke anqunyelwe kanye nezinkundla ezingunxande ezinobukhulu obukhulu. Izindawo zokuhlala eziyinkimbinkimbi ngokwedlulele azizange zivele kuze kube ngemuva kuka-900 AD.
Indawo esimele kahle lesi sigaba yiLa Campana. Kuyindawo yokuhlala enkulu - indawo yayo yomkhosi idlule amahektha angama-50 - ngokulandelana kwezingxenyekazi ezingunxande. Phezulu kwalezi zingxenyekazi kunezindawo okungenzeka ukuthi zihlobene nokugcina okusanhlamvu. Kukhona nezinhlelo zokuhlala eziyinkimbinkimbi ngokungangabazeki ebekufanele zihlale abaholi bezenkolo nabezenkolo.
Izici ezimbili zigqamile kule sayithi: indawo yamathuna ashaft ahlanganiswe ezindaweni zemikhosi kanye nokuba khona kwenethiwekhi eyinkimbinkimbi yemisele yamanzi nemisele.
Enye indawo ebalulekile yemivubukulo eColima yi-El Chanal, etholakala cishe ngamakhilomitha ayisithupha enyakatho yedolobha, okumele ngabe yayinokwandiswa okuphezulu kwamahektha angama-200. Njengoba inwebeka kuwo womabili amabhange oMfula iColima, yaziwa ngokuthi i-El Chanal Este ne-El Chanal Oeste. Lesi sakamuva, yize singaphenyisiswanga ngokugcwele, sikhombisa ubunzima obubonakalayo, ngoba sinegceke, izikwele, izakhiwo, imisele nemigwaqo. I-El Chanal Este, ngakolunye uhlangothi, yacekelwa phansi kakhulu ngoba idolobha lanamuhla elibizwa ngegama lalo lasungulwa emanxiweni alo.
Uphenyo lukhombisa ukuthi endaweni kukhona izinto ezibonisa ithempeli eliphindwe kabili, umqondo we-bench-altare kanye nama-altare-amapulatifomu amancane amancane, kanye nenani elikhulu lezithombe ezibaziweyo, ukuqoshwa nokuqoshwa kwamatshe; izibalo ezihlobene ne-Xantiles; ubumba lwe-polychrome olwakha uhlaka lwezinyoka nezinyoka ezinezimpaphe; futhi ekugcineni, insimbi. Kepha into evelele kakhulu ngaleli siko ubukhona besimo sasemadolobheni nokuba khona kwekhalenda.
